Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-19

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1h9re are seTerai rf,nfrrsulv a. wr,,st -
= = aafAtaellneus maidenlv hearts whsrh
tesk hftle pang when II vas an
.eaSseea that hzrles Moth. the q .sro.
Roman wrestler. had shaken the tlast
q omAha from his feet For Moth
Vas . BasheT, and suSrepfikle fexai.
nine hearts a places where he bosrsls,l
- Eooned. o. a. pubiir t,laces uhere
the handsome giaaf shoTrs.i F,sr,,ss.lf
we're sure 70 BE- impressed with The
!. - iilsiseent physical proportions II
rs srestier- For q professional afh-
rs Aotn Was very nice fellow. lie
- genfielnanly in his department
.s re Naa always neat and we'll dressed
iasfe y . ittle romance about the
4Illlete which viii perhaps prove Of in
s<tSst % those TAR ones here whose
heAfts baitered when the modern Her
eaies vas about. Moth came toOmaha
from hanaas City. ID vas fnueh he
sAnae WIN him there a. here -coneussts
one day Moth stood in Kansas CITY.
= very pretty young woman drove ~
n carnage, which was driven hy (
l.tefsed eoachaan. As she drove
slowly BY the young woman cast a
second SIDE glance at the fine looking
sEessier. Instantly Lothar1o doaed
as ehape4u. lie Eas xnubbed Cor his
tefneflsy. Bot chance seemed 20 throw
the pretty young woman and the ath-
tete together, for they met again ia
day or 30 As the young woman was
passing out Of large dry goods store
~ The corner OF Main and Eleventh
streets. Later on Moth was sitting in
the parqnef Of Cuatesis Opera House
a an evening entertainment. In one
OF the boxes was the pretty Young NO
man. she leyeled her richIv-mounfesl
opera glasses upon the wrestler more
than once during the evening. while
MOTHS attention was taken up more
by the fair face IN the box than by the
performance going on upon the stage.
several DAYS later the wrestler was
hurryIng along Main street. AT the
corner OF Seventh street Is mammoth
dry goods establishment, and in front
o. the store be almost ran into a lady
Who vas hurrying from a carriage into
the store. IL was the pretty Young
woman again The wrestler apollo
gtzed with polite tip Of the hat. The
pretty young woman bowed graeiously
and passed into the store. Moth start.
al on, but caIne back and approached
The eoaehman. Tossing that Junction
AIRY silver dollar, the athlete soon
ingratiated himself into the lackey's
favor; From that time on the coast
was clear.
The eoachman became the medium
through which communications passed
back and forth. Verbal messages were
al hFst exchanged. Then written com
munieations passed. Finally there was
a meeting. Mild-mannered, insinuat-
ing, ef pleasant address, and the ideal
Of physical manhood, Moth soon in
gratiated himself into the good graees
OF the pretty young woman. OF sus-
eeptible nature and romantic turn Of
lalnd, the pretty young woman soon
became enamored OF the modern Her
culeS. There were elandestine meet
lngs. and finally secret marriage in
" yandotte, Kan, a town across the
river from Kansas City. Becoming
alarmed at the turn affairs had taken,
the eoaehman, who had been a party
to the transaction, left the city sud
denly. The pretty young woman was
not yet Of legal age, and so ii was
agreed that the marriage should be
Kept secret until her majority shonld
be attained. Then Moth was TO claim
his wife
He left Kansas City after a brief and
stolen honeymoon and came to OmA-
ha, where the pretty young woman has
friends. Almost daily letters were re-
ceiYed from her by Moth, and daily he
wrote to her. Ii is said she is the
daughter of a deceased banker, lives
with her widowed mother, and is OF
respectable paTentage and
very wealthy. The pretty young
woman Is said 10 he Miss Stella
Wilcox.